FastenMaster’s Nikki Long Recognized by “Top Women in Hardware and Building Supply” For Business Excellence

Agawam, MA (Sep­tem­ber, 2021) – Nik­ki Long, Busi­ness Unit Direc­tor for Struc­tur­al Prod­ucts in the Fas­ten­Mas­ter Divi­sion of OMG, Inc., has been hon­ored for Busi­ness Excel­lence as part of the 2021 ​“Top Women in Hard­ware and Build­ing Sup­ply” awards host­ed by HBSDealer.

This annu­al event cel­e­brates and hon­ors women in the indus­try who are mak­ing out­stand­ing con­tri­bu­tions to their com­pa­nies and com­mu­ni­ties. Hon­orees are cho­sen based on nom­i­na­tions from indus­try peers in sev­er­al award cat­e­gories includ­ing Busi­ness Excel­lence, which rec­og­nizes women who have demon­strat­ed achieve­ment, pro­fes­sion­al growth and suc­cess in the hard­ware and home improve­ment industry.

The selec­tion of hon­orees is part of a year-round pro­gram to pro­mote the role of women in the hard­ware and build­ing sup­ply indus­try. The pro­gram will cul­mi­nate in the inau­gur­al in-per­son Top Women in Hard­ware & Build­ing Sup­ply net­work­ing event in Chica­go, IL on Nov. 10th and 11th. 

“Over Nikki’s 18-year career with Fas­ten­Mas­ter, she has demon­strat­ed an abil­i­ty to dri­ve strate­gic sales growth by build­ing strong rela­tion­ships with chan­nel part­ners. Nik­ki is an out­stand­ing man­ag­er and advo­cate for change in our indus­try. We are proud to sup­port the advance­ment of women at Fas­ten­Mas­ter and across the entire hard­ware and build­ing sup­ply indus­try,” said Web Shaf­fer, Senior Vice Pres­i­dent and Gen­er­al Man­ag­er of FastenMaster.

Nik­ki joined Fas­ten­Mas­ter in 2003 and has held a vari­ety of roles in sales, cus­tomer ser­vice and mar­ket­ing com­mu­ni­ca­tions. Pri­or to her role as Busi­ness Unit Direc­tor, she was the Direc­tor of Key Accounts where she was instru­men­tal in grow­ing FastenMaster’s busi­ness with­in the home cen­ter chan­nel. She holds a Bach­e­lor of Arts degree from Smith College.